ANTECEDENTS: (1985-1998)Started in 1985, the CALIFORNIA
FRESH FRUIT LABEL EXCHANGE has essentially remained
a free information service for collectors, historians, collecting enthusiasts,
researchers and students. Our (my) mission, has always been to freely exchange
and provide information about any facet of label history, label collecting
and current label values, and to share all that I have learned from my many
years of collecting and research. This also includes information on the
history of agriculture and lithographics along the Pacific Coast. Over the
years, many people have kindly assisted me, so, I have always felt it was
only fair to reciprocate in kind. This included a modest newsletter I published
in the 1980s. But, now, an evolution is taking place!

Starting January 1, 1999, the C.F.F.L.X. will
become a division of
fruitcratelabels.com and be known by it's new name:

"The Pacific Label News"

Once
I begin publishing it, the Pacific
Label News will be an International newsletter for
label collectors and cover topics about collecting, clubs, regional activities,
and trends in the label hobby, and will include articles on many types of
ephemeral labels, including cigar labels, seed packets and so on. I will
still freely answer questions in the future, but, the newsletter will become
the newest venue for collector information, and the C.F.F.L.X. name quietly
retire.